Why would a cashier who fails to check ID Get a harsher punishment for selling tobacco or alcohol to a minor than the person whos doing the buying and drinking? Also cashiers under 18 can still sell tobacco legally. And they'd still get the same punishment so I don't think you can say its because the cashier is supposed to be older or more mature.
2007-08-17 16:30:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Just curious if anybody read my last sentence? Because everybody responded in such a way that suggests that they did not.
2007-08-17 16:41:06 · update #1
In reply to doug - but the buyer is not supposed to buy?
2007-08-17 16:41:56 · update #2
Sellers, and their employees have a vested interest in their actions. Employees and sellers can profit from this decision to be lapse or absent minded about checking. Further employees and sellers have far more effect than an individual buying. I remember all the other teens who would go to one particular liquor store because they knew the owner was cool, or just wanted to make some money.
The employee represents a position of authority, and has a responsibility to a service for which they are paid. By breaking the law, those who profit are sometimes more culpable because of these issues and more.
From the view point of the police and district attorney's office, making an example of an employee or seller has far more affect. I believe in my city their are probably 20 corner liquor stores, but 32,000 High School Students. So the impact the these 20 corner stores have on supplying alcohol is extremely high.
Thanks to the end of prohibition, we have removed the criminality of liquor sales. We have, for the most part, eliminated speak easys. So all the more important it is that we regulate, control, and enforce the practices and actions of a relatively small number of employees and owners who control the gates (so to speak).
2007-08-17 21:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not understand approximately the place you're, yet the place i'm at minors could nicely be charged with 'contributing to the delinquency of a minor' it particularly is a sort A misdemeanor (the main extreme misdemeanor charge, punishable via as much as a 365 days in penitentiary and/or as much as a $one thousand super) that being suggested, in the event that they drink responsibly, the subject shouldn't even arise (i.e. do it at abode and don't pass everywhere)
2016-10-16 00:11:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I have seen cases where adults who supplied alcohol to parties get harsher punishments than a store clerk or similar punishments. One lady was sentanced to jail because she bought alcohol for high school kids, which lead to the drunk driving death of 2 of them.
2007-08-17 16:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a minor commits a crime with an adult, the adult should get the harsher penalty because they should know better.
2007-08-17 16:36:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the seller is supposed to ask for id
2007-08-17 16:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by Doug favors universal insurance! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Selling alcohol illegally is a federal crime. Buying/consuming it underage is not.
2007-08-17 16:46:08 · answer #6 · answered by Cable Dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah, but any adult is supposed to know more than the kid trying to buy.
and the cashier is/was (supposedly) trained and so knew better.
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2007-08-17 16:35:08 · answer #7 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with mr cranky pants
2007-08-17 16:37:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋